Accounts Receivable Team Leader - Sydney

About our team
GrainCorp Limited is an ASX listed Australia-based diversified agribusiness company, the essential ingredient to success has been the investment in the people, structure and processes that highlight GrainCorp’s Sustainability, Environment, Social and Governance capabilities. As part of our dedication to a sustainable future for generations to come, we continue to expand our role in identifying and supporting sustainable agriculture and transport practices.

About the role

Salary circa $120,000 including super + bonus opportunity

Reporting to the Accounts Receivable Manager, we are seeking a Team Leader for Accounts Receivable. This role is based out of the International Towers on the harbour foreshore of Barangaroo at one of Australia’s most progressive workspaces and one of the world’s most sustainable commercial precincts. It is also Australia’s first large-scale carbon-neutral community. Hybrid working arrangements are available and offered on 3 days in the office and 2 days at home.
 

  This is a newly created role and will see you manage a small but dynamic team of 4. Key responsibilities include; 
 

• Managing the Collections and recoveries function, including all day past due collections, customer service,  and recoveries for all Corporate BU’s.
• Ensuring the team is compliant with collection strategy and prescribed collection interventions
• Assisting the team where required to ensure daily worklists are completed and SLA’s are met
• Providing timely cash flow projections and key management reporting to stakeholders 
• Managing all internal and external Audit requests 
• Lead, motivate and mentor team to meet assigned KPIs and SLAs
• Maintain relationships and provide support to the Accounts Receivable Manager, Shared Services Leaders, and broader Finance Leadership.
• Monitoring of key team and business metrics to ensure business success and optimised team output.
• Identify areas of improvement, recommend, and facilitate process improvement initiatives 
• Ensure financials risks are identified, reported and remediated with a view to continuous business process improvement

About your experience
Our successful candidate will come to us with previous experience in an Accounts Receivables leadership role. Other key criteria for your success is; 
 

• Demonstrated people management and leadership experience
• Demonstrated understanding of ACCC/ASIC, Trade Practices and Privacy Act.
• Strong and empathetic approach to customer service 
• Experience with high volume, multi-system, multi-currency accounting and credit systems 
• Strong Microsoft software skills
• High level written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated process improvement experience & change management skills 
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to challenge the status quo positively / continuous improvement mindset

Ready to apply? / How do you apply?
The next steps are easy!  Simply submit your application and one of our team will reach out for a chat to discuss your background in more detail. We are looking forward to speaking to you! 

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